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J. A. Fay & Co.
Keene, NH; South Keene, NH; Worcester, MA; Norwich, CT; Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
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Patent Number	Date	Title	Name	City	Description
X5,315	Dec. 27, 1828	Machine for planing and tonguing boards	William Woodworth	Hudson, NY	The Woodworth planer patent, in its various reissues and extensions (Patent 5,315X, patent 71, patent 80; extended until 1856), is probably the most historically significant US patent for woodworking machinery. Follow the link below the drawing to VintageMachinery.org for more information on Woodworth and this patent. The drawing for this patent was provided in 1841, about the time that the owners were seeking to renew the original patent. William Woodworth was a house carpenter, and this machine was invented to produce flooring stock of consistent dimension. Not only did this save time in preparing the flooring stock, it was a big time-saver for the carpenter because far less "fitting" was required during installation. A notation on the patent drawing says, "On this second day of October 1841, officially appeared before me, Richard Orann of Boston... and made solemn oath that he is interested as an assignee for a Planing Machine for which letters patent of the United States were granted to William Woodworth on the 27th day of December, 1828, and that the accompanying drawings are, as he verily believes, a true delineation of the invention described in the said letters patent." It is widely alleged that the new patent drawing actually incorporated important features not present in the original drawing or specification, and this allowed the Woodworth syndicate to claim ownership of ideas that came later from others. A half share of the patent was assigned to James Strong, a neighbor of Woodworth who provided financial assistance in attaining the patent. From the 1886 book, "Federal Decisions, Vol. XXV. Patents, Copyright and Trade-marks", this patent was involved in the following litigation. "Reissue, 1871. Infringed by use of analogous device and a colorable imitation, Gibson v. Van Dressar, 1 Blatch., 532. Construed to be for a combination and not infringed by a combination of some of its elements with a substantially different element, Brooks v. Fiske, 15 How., 214. Held infringed by substitution of equivalent, Pitts v. Edmonds, 1 Biss., 168. Infringed by a machine varied by an interchange of form and direction between two elements of its combination, while object and effect remain unchanged, Wilson v. Barnum, 2 Fish., 635. Sustained, Motte v. Bennett, 2 Fish., 642. Construed, held valid and infringed, Olcott v. Hawkins, 2 Am. L. J. (9 Penna. L. J. ), 317. Construed, Brooks v. Bicknell, 3 McL., 250; v. Jenkins, 3 McL., 432. Construed to be for an improved machine, Washburn v. Gould, 3 Story, 122. Sustained, Wilson v. Rousseau, 4 H ow ., 646. Patentee held first inventor; sufficiency of description sustained, Woodworth v. Wilson, 4 How., 712. Sustained, Woodworth v. Hall, 1 W. & M., 248. Infringed, Gibson v. Betts, 1 Blatch., 163. Sustained and held infringed in view of prior decisions, Van Hook v. Pendleton, 1 Blatch., 187. Reissue No. 71, 1845-07-08 Its signature by the acting commissioner, Woodworth v. Hall, 1 W. & M., 389. Held to be for same invention as original; sustained and infringed, Smith v. Mercer, 4 West. L. J., 49. Sustained as valid, infringed by change of form, Gibson v. Harris, 1 Blatch., 167. Sustained, Woodworth v. Edwards, 3 W. & M., 120. Infringed, Sloat v. Patton, 1 Fish., 154. See, also, Barnard v. Gibson, 7 How., 560; Bicknell v. Todd, 5 McLean, 236; Bloomer v. McQuewan, 14 How., 539; v. Millinger, 1 Wall., 340; v. Gilpin, 4 Fish., 50; v. Stolley, 5 McLean, 158; Brooks v. Norcross, 2 Fish., 661; v. Bicknell, 4 McLean, 64;4 McLean, 70; v. Stolley, 3 McLean, 523; Brown v. Shannon, 20 How., 55; Dean v. Mason, 20 How., 198; Foss v. Herbert, 1 Biss., 121; Gibson v. Cook, 2 Blatch., 144; v. Barnard, 1 Blatch., 388; v. Gifford, 1 Blatch., 529; Jenkins v. Greenwald, 1 Bond, 126; Livingston v. Woodworth, 15 How., 546; Lippincott v. Kelly, 1 West. L. J., 513; Ritter v. Serrell, 2 Blatch., 379; Simpson v. Wilson, 4 How., 709; Van Hook v. Pendleton, 2 Blatch., 8 5 ; Wilson v. Sherman, 1 Blatch., 536; v. Simpson, 9 How., 109 (repairs); v. Barnum, 8 How., 258; v. Stolly, 4 McLean, 273; v. Turner, Taney's Dec., 278; v. Rousseau, 1 Blatch., 8; v. Stolly, 4 McLean, 275;5 McLean, 1; Woodworth v. Cook, 2 Blatch., 151; v. Sherman, 3 Story, 171; v. Stone, 3 Story, 749; v. Weed, 1 Blatch., 165; v. Curtis, 2 W. & M., 521."
X7,484	Mar. 13, 1833	Mortising machine	George Page	Keene, NH	The patent that was the genesis of what became the largest woodworking machinery maker in its day: J. A. Fay & Co. Inventor Page was apparently not born in Keene. He married Sophia Nye on 1821-10-17.
X7,714	Aug. 14, 1833	Cutting and clearing chisel	George Page	Keene, NH	"The cutting and clearing chisel is designed to be used principally in machines for making mortises, when the mortise is to be made in hard wood, one hole should be bored, the diameter which must be the same as the width of the chisel, and the mortise is to be cut to the left or right..." This chisel was presumably designed to fit Page's mortising machine, patent 7,560.
X8,957	Jul. 07, 1835	Improved cutting and clearing chisel	George Page	Keene, NH	Wings on the side edges which are not more than 1/16 inch thick and between 2 to 5/16 inches wide, sharpened on the bottom to form the edge of the mortise. Primarily designed for mortising machines, it may also be used by hand.
80	Nov. 15, 1836	Machine for reducing and planing boards for flooring, ceilings, etc.	William Woodworth	New York, NY	The drawing for this patent is missing. This patent, issued to the holder of the infamous Woodworth planer patent 5,315, gives a series of improvements to that machine. Circular saws form a "reducing cylinder" in combination with the planing machine. The lumber is fed flat, rather than standing on edge. There are powered infeed and outfeed rolls both above and below the lumber. There are, optionally, fixed knives for final smoothing. In the final paragraph of the patent, Woodworth acknowledges prior art by "Shakers".
978	Oct. 10, 1838	Horse-power	Jerub Amber Fay	Baltimore, MD	This patent's specification gives the patentee's name as Jacob A. Fay. But the 1840 "Digest of Patents Issued by the United States From 1790 to January 1, 1839", gives the inventor as Jerub A. Fay. The 1853 "Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the Year 1852", in its listing of expired patents, gives the inventor's name as Jerub Amber Fay. Jerub Amber Fay was the founder of J. A. Fay & Co., which by the 1870s was the world's largest manufacturer of woodworking machinery. "What I claim, is the manner in which I have constructed and combined together the respective parts of my apparatus, as above described; that is to say, I claim the manner of balancing the wheel upon which the horse is to walk, on its centre, without a vertical shaft, in combination with the mode of bracing the same, and of sustaining the part on which the animal is to walk."
2,425	Jan. 17, 1842	Machine for mortising timber	Jerub Amber Fay	Keene, NH	This patent was awarded to the founder of what became the largest woodworking company in the world, J. A. Fay & Co. The design itself is an improvement of George Page's patent 7,484, and numerous examples survive; Follow the link to the "Vintage Machinery" site to see photos of an example. "The first of these improvements consists in the manner in which I have arranged and combined the spring latch by which the chisel shaft is turned round, and is held in place, so as to reverse the chisel... "My second improvement consists in the manner in which I have arranged and combined the respective parts by means of which the shaft A, is moved in and out, in a vertical direction, so as to carry the chisel to the exact point where it is required... "My third improvement consists in the manner in which I form the intermediate lever J, by making it oblique on its lower side, and combine the bridle D, with the upper lever C, and with said middle, or intermediate, lever; by means of which form, arrangement and combination, the power to be applied to the chisel, and its range, are adjusted more readily than in the ordinary modes of combining such bridle..." From the February 1846 Journal of the Franklin Institute, page 115, in a summary of recently issued patents. " This patent "is limited, first, to the peculiar manner in which the chisel shaft swivels on the part which connects it with the lever, by means of a spring catch, jointed to the chisel shaft, which catches into notches in the bridles that suspend the chisel shaft to the working lever. Second, to the combination and arrangement of parts for setting the chisel shaft farther from, or nearer to, the frame, by having the shaft slide in the heads of two parallel bolts, one near the top, and the other near the bottom; these bolts slide freely in the frame and are connected together by means of an iron frame, through which passes a regulating screw, by the turning of which the chisel is set for any thickness of work. And, third, to the arrangement and combination of parts which which the depth of cut can be regulated at pleasure. This is effected in the following manner,â€”viz. The lever which operates the chisel is at top, and instead of being connected directly with the treadle, there is an intermediate lever, connected with the treadle by a connecting link, or bridle, and this intermediate lever is connected with the upper lever by a bridle which embraces the two lever, and fist in notches in the upper part of one, and the lower part of the other. The lower face of the intermediate lever is inclined, and is provided with several notches, so that by shifting the bridle from notch to notch the depth of cut will be regulated." The above descriptions suggest that this mortising machine design was well refined and reflected experience with using a machine to cut mortises as a working carpenter: in different materials, in different sizes and to different depths. Earlier designs were generally less adaptable; compare this design, for example, to its predecessor, George Page's patent 7,484.
RE71	Jul. 08, 1845	Improvement in machines for planing, tonguing, grooving, and dressing boards, etc.	William Woodworth	New York, NY	This reissue includes a hold-down roll (a predecessor to the pressure bar) that was not in the original patent. It is widely believed that the Woodworth patent syndicate bribed officials, including members of Congress, to push this illegal expansion of the patent through both the Patent Office and the courts. Woodworth was deceased when this reissued was granted; his son, William W. Woodworth of Hyde Park, NY, was the administrator. See the "Vintage Machinery" web page on William Woodworth for more information.
11,253	Jul. 11, 1854	Machine for mortising sash-stiles	J. B. Smith	Milwaukee, WI	An 1857-58 Milwaukee city directory lists J. B. Smith & Co. as a planing mill and ash factory; it was located on West Water between Fowler and Menomonee. This mortiser was featured as "J. B. Smith's Patent Mortising Machine" in an 1858 catalog from J. A. Fay & Co., and cost $150, "complete with right to use". It is entirely possible that it was made by Smith himself and not by J. A. Fay & Co.
14,564	Apr. 01, 1856	Improved mortising-machine	Edward Joslin	Keene, NH	"I do not claim the application of a string to the tool-carriage in order to lift it; but I claim combining or arranging, as specified, with the tri-armed sectoral lever K and the post or frame of the tool-carriage, two wooden springs L M and a connecting-rod O, and so that one spring may be separated by draught, and the other by pressure, when said lever is forced downward, as explained, the same effecting advantages as set forth."
16,534	Feb. 03, 1857	Machine for cutting tenons on blind slats	Seth C. Ellis	Albany, NY	The 25 October 1857 issue of Scientific American describes this machine was follows: "In this machine the slats are inserted edgewise in a deep groove in the side of a suitable long cylinder, or, rather, in a series of small wheels mounted on one shaft, and the whole is then revolved so as to present every side of the projecting ends to the action of rapidly rotating cutters. The cutters employed in practice are simply circular saws, mounted side by side. The stands in which they are supported may be placed at any required distances apart, so as to produce slats of all ordinary lengths. As many as forty-eight slats have been tenoned with tolerable perfectionâ€”the cutting-off of the ends being, of course, performed at the same operationâ€”in the course of one minute." Ellis applied for, and was ultimately granted, an extension to this patent. The report for the patent commissioner is very interesting reading. See the "Vintage Machinery" link elsewhere on this page for details. An April 1876 catalog from Power, Tainter & Co. has an illustration of this "Self-Feed Blind-Slat Tenoner", complete with patent date. The price as $115, or $100 for the hand-feed version. It's not certain whether this machine was made by Power, Tainter & Co., or by someone else.
18,080	Sep. 01, 1857	Machine for wiring blind-rods	Byron Boardman	Norwich, CT	An article in the 1859-11-05 issue of Scientific American gives a detailed description of this invention. It concludes, "Persons desiring information regarding the purchase of rights may address C. B. Rogers & Co., of the above place. The machines are now on sale at the stores of all the dealers in the 'Fay' machines for carpenters and builders."
19,747	Mar. 30, 1858	Staple for blind-slats	Byron Boardman	Norwich, CT	Of interest because the inventor also patented a blind wiring machine that was manufactured by J. A. Fay & Co.
20,995	Jul. 27, 1858	Sawing-machine	Carlile Mason	Chicago, IL	An example of this machine is in the VintageMachinery.org Photo Index, identified as a "weatherboard mill".
		Sawing-machine	William H. Doane	Chicago, IL
32,904	Jul. 23, 1861	Planing-machine	Henry D. Stover	New York, NY	In the court case of "Stover v. Halsted", Stover and J. A. Fay & Co. sued Ezekiel S. Halsted and Gilbert W. Merritt for infringing this patent. The defendants were using a Richardson, Meriam & Co. planer covered under patent 70,592. Both of the patents in question address the problem of planing wood too wide to pass between the matcher heads. Both patents allow the matcher heads to be lowered below the platen so they are not in the way. The complainants were granted an injunction.
34,353	Feb. 11, 1862	Improvement in bed-plates for stave-machines	William H. Doane	Chicago, IL
34,566	Mar. 04, 1862	Machine for cutting veneers	William H. Doane	Chicago, IL
34,883	Apr. 08, 1862	Improvement in sawing-machines	William H. Doane	Chicago, IL	Improvement on saw in patent 20,995.
35,142	May. 06, 1862	Improvement in stave-machines	William H. Doane	Chicago, IL
35,390	May. 27, 1862	Improved guide and support for scrollsaws	John Richards	Columbus, OH	Information on Spencer & Richards Co. is from the 1862-08-30 issue of Scientific American, Volume 7 Issue 9. A broadside from J. A. Fay & Co. shows the "No. 5Â½ Patent Scroll Saw", which has this patent date plus those for patents 35,391, 35,392, 36,729 and 38,471.
35,391	May. 27, 1862	Improved scroll-saw stock	John Richards	Columbus, OH	Information on Spencer & Richards Co. is from an 1862 Scientific American, Volume 7 Issue 9.
35,392	May. 27, 1862	Improvement in scroll-saw mills	John Richards	Columbus, OH	Information on Spencer & Richards Co. is from an 1862 Scientific American, Volume 7 Issue 9.
35,674	Jun. 24, 1862	Improved barrel-head circling and beveling machine	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
36,901	Nov. 11, 1862	Improvement in combined planing and matching machines	William E. London	Cincinnati, OH
		Improvement in combined planing and matching machines	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
37,858	Mar. 10, 1863	Improvement in saw stave-jointers	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
38,471	May. 12, 1863	Improvement in scroll-saw mills	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
RE1,527	Aug. 25, 1863	Guide and support for scroll saws	John Richards	Columbus, OH	This patent, along with patent 78,880 and 120,949, were the basis of a lawsuit by J. A. Fay & Co. against "Cordesman and others" that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1883. Fay lost.
45,981	Jan. 24, 1865	Improvement in scroll-saws	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
48,161	Jun. 13, 1865	Improvement in scroll-sawing machines	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
49,584	Aug. 22, 1865	Improved journal-box	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH	Seen as "PATENTED AUG. 27.1865" (sic) on the bearing cap of a 3-head sticker/molder. The same incorrect date was used on saw arbors from C. B. Rogers & Co. "This invention relates to certain improvements on journal-boxes which are termed 'self-lubricating' because there is employed in their construction a capillary substance for conducting the lubricating-oil from chambers beneath the journal to the surface of the latter, so as to keep it continually supplied with oil as long as any remains in said chambers. The object of my invention is to so construct a journal-box operating on this principle that it can be more conveniently cleaned of sand and viscous oil; also to provide for conducting the pure oil from chambers at the extremities of the box to the middle of the length of the same by means of a capillary substance, and to provide for conducting the oil which escapes from the chamber back again into said chambers, as will be hereinafter described."
RE2,183	Mar. 06, 1866	Improved wire staple	Byron Boardman	Norwich, CT	The inventor also patented a blind wiring machine that was manufactured by J. A. Fay & Co.
64,849	May. 21, 1867	Improvement in planing machines	William E. London	Cincinnati, OH
		Improvement in planing machines	Gerrit V. Orton	Cincinnati, OH
		Improvement in planing machines	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
65,183	May. 28, 1867	Improvement in shaft-coupling	John Richards	Cincinnati, OH
		Improvement in shaft-coupling	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
65,796	Jun. 18, 1867	Improvement in wood-planing machines	William E. London	Cincinnati, OH
		Improvement in wood-planing machines	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
65,996	Jun. 25, 1867	Improvement in mortising machine	Samuel C. Brown	Richmond, IN	Machine is intended for window blinds.
66,885	Jul. 16, 1867	Improvement in wood-turning lathes	John Richards	Cincinnati, OH	Seen on J. A. Fay & Co.'s "Victor" lathe.
67,676	Aug. 13, 1867	Improvement in turning-lathes	John Richards	Cincinnati, OH	Seen on J. A. Fay's "Victor" lathe.
68,791	Sep. 10, 1867	Improvement in mortising machines	John Richards	Cincinnati, OH
		Improvement in mortising machines	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
68,773	Sep. 10, 1867	Spoke-Driving Machine	G. W. Miles	Michigan City, IN	The mechanism includes an eccentric which retracts the hammer after the blow is delivered, raises the hammer in the retracted position, and advances the hammer at the top of its range of motion. This machine was manufactured by Hosler, Miles & Co., Michigan City, IN until 1873 and J. A. Fay & Co., Cincinnati, OH after that.
70,869	Nov. 12, 1867	Improvement in shaft-coupling	William E. London	Cincinnati, OH
71,814	Dec. 03, 1867	Improvement in wood-planing machines	Anton Streit	Cincinnati, OH	Innovation is to use a glass bed to resist wear.
		Improvement in wood-planing machines	Henry Streit	Cincinnati, OH
78,880	Jun. 16, 1868	Improvement in guides for bandsaws	John Lemman	Cincinnati, OH	This patent, along with patents 1,527 and 120,949, were the basis of a lawsuit by J. A. Fay & Co. against "Cordesman and others" that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1883. Fay lost.
81,103	Aug. 18, 1868	Improvement in machines for wiring blind-slats	Gerrit V. Orton	Cincinnati, OH	This machine was seen in a J. A. Fay & Co. catalog.
		Improvement in machines for wiring blind-slats	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
85,131	Dec. 22, 1868	Expansive-gearing for feeding-rolls	John Richards	Philadelphia, PA	This patent date was seen on a J. A. Fay & Co. planer-matcher that also had the dates for patents 36,901 and 103,080.
103,080	May. 17, 1870	Improvement in planing-machines	John Richards	Philadelphia, PA	From an ad in the May 1889 issue of "The Wood Worker": the J. A. Fay & Co. No. 8 "Lightning" flooring machine uses this patent.
112,861	Mar. 21, 1871	Improvement in gauges for saw-tables	Franklin L. Sprague	Keene, NH	Invention is a tablesaw rip fence.
116,089	Jun. 20, 1871	Improvement in tenoning-machines	George W. Passel	Cincinnati, OH
118,699	Sep. 05, 1871	Improvement in canals	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH	Of interest because inventor was president of J. A. Fay & Co.
119,007	Sep. 19, 1871	Improvement in mortising-machines	Henry Bickford	Cincinnati, OH
D5,268	Sep. 19, 1871	Design for a band-saw frame	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH	Seen in J. A. Fay & Co. catalog.
119,414	Sep. 26, 1871	Improvement in clamps for mortising-machines	Anton Schmackers	Cincinnati, OH
120,949	Nov. 14, 1871	Improvement in band sawing-machines	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH	This patent, along with patents 1,527 and 78,880, were the basis of a lawsuit by J. A. Fay & Co. against "Cordesman and others" that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1883. Fay lost.
		Improvement in band sawing-machines	William P. McKee	Cincinnati, OH
121,856	Dec. 12, 1871	Improvement in scroll-sawing machine	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
		Improvement in scroll-sawing machine	William H. Dobson	Cincinnati, OH
127,033	May. 21, 1872	Improvement in pulleys for bandsaws	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH	Invention is a bandsaw wheel ("pulley") with sheet-steel rim and tubular spokes. The rim of the wheel is flanged to receive a leather tire. This patent date was seen on a J. A. Fay & Co. 36" bandsaw. The inventor was president of J. A. Fay & Co.
127,225	May. 28, 1872	Improvement in scroll-sawing machines	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
128,472	Jul. 02, 1872	Improvement in sawing machines	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH	Inventor was president of J. A. Fay & Co. Sliding-arbor tablesaw: the handle above the blade is pulled towards the operator, which pulls the blade through the stock.
134,650	Jan. 07, 1873	Improvement in scroll-saws	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH	Invention is a rubber cushion for tensioning the blade.
135,099	Jan. 21, 1873	Improvement in scroll-saws	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH	Improvement on patent 114,078.
		Improvement in scroll-saws	William H. Dobson	Cincinnati, OH
139,124	May. 20, 1873	Improvement in saw-setting machines	William H. Dobson	Cincinnati, OH	This is a saw-setting machine for bandsaw blades.
141,990	Aug. 19, 1873	Improvement in devices for setting saw-teeth	George W. Bugbee	Cincinnati, OH
146,648	Jan. 20, 1874	Improvement in saw-mandrels	George W. Bugbee	Cincinnati, OH
146,649	Jan. 20, 1874	Improvement in gaining-machines	George W. Bugbee	Cincinnati, OH	This patent covers F. A. Fay & Co.'s very large "gaining machine" used to cut joints (rabbets, dados, etc.) in large structural timbers, as for railroad bridges and the like.
146,885	Jan. 27, 1874	Improvement in boring machines	George W. Bugbee	Cincinnati, OH	Machine is for boring heavy timbers where the machine is easier to move than the stock.
		Improvement in boring machines	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
146,886	Jan. 27, 1874	Improvement in sawing-machines	George W. Passel	Cincinnati, OH	See also patent 163,453.
		Improvement in sawing-machines	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
151,106	May. 19, 1874	Improvement in band sawing machines	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH	This patent date was seen on a J. A. Fay & Co. 36-inch bandsaw; pictures of that bandsaw can be seen on the Vintage Machinery site. This patent covers several innovations: 1. A blade-tensioning mechanism that uses a pivoted lever that is connected to the upper wheel on the short end and a weight on the longer end. This reduces the amount of weight required to properly tension the blade. 2. A "wind chute" which directs the air flow caused by the bandsaw wheel away from the operator. 3. A blade braking mechanism. 4. Improved upper blade guide assembly. 5. Improved table tilting assembly.
		Improvement in band sawing machines	William P. McKee	Cincinnati, OH
155,431	Sep. 29, 1874	Improvement in planing-machines	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
157,309	Dec. 01, 1874	Improvement in mortising-machines	George W. Bugbee	Cincinnati, OH
162,114	Apr. 13, 1875	Improvement in matching-cutters	Anton Streit	Cincinnati, OH
163,453	May. 18, 1875	Improvement in sawing-machines	George W. Bugbee	Cincinnati, OH	Improvement to patent 146,886.
167,749	Sep. 14, 1875	Improvement in planing-machines	George W. Passel	Cincinnati, OH	This is the first patent showing a pedestal-base jointer. The patent itself covers a means to adjust the tables horizontally to accommodate different cutter-head diameters and depths of cut, and a sliding support for use when grooving.
		Improvement in planing-machines	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
169,204	Oct. 26, 1875	Improvement in cutter-bits	Anton Streit	Cincinnati, OH
170,349	Nov. 23, 1875	Improvement in hand planing-machines	George W. Passel	Cincinnati, OH	The patent covers a removable cutterhead support to make it easier to swap cutterheads. That was important back in the day when a jointer was also used as an inside molder.
		Improvement in hand planing-machines	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
170,396	Nov. 23, 1875	Improvement in tenoning-machines	Edward H. Rees	Mansfield, OH	The inventor charged Richards and Berry, recipients of patent 143,532, with interference: Rees claimed that he had invented the double-ended tenoning machine before they did. Rees testified that he conceived the machine in the latter part of 1871 when he was general superintendent of the Mansfield, Ohio, Machine Works. The first working machine was put into operation on March 15, 1872. Rees said that he got the idea upon seeing a car-borer that had been made by J. A. Fay & Co., which the Works had received on the 27th of November 1871. The testimony of Rees and various others on his behalf were consistent. It appears that Richards and Berry got the idea of a double-ended tenoner from a letter sent (on 6 March 1872) by a customer to the firm of Richards, London & Kelley. The evidence shows that from that point onwards, Richards and Berry moved quickly to design, build, and patent the machine. They testified that they had, in fact, conceived the idea before 26 February, but the Commissioner of Patents found that testimony to be self-serving and unsupported by the other evidence. Priority for invention was given to Rees, though the two machines were sufficiently different that both were granted patents. Rees was required to remove some claims that were present in Richards' and Berry's machine but not present in Rees's early drawings.
RE6,773	Nov. 30, 1875	Improvement in combined planing and matching machines	William E. London	Cincinnati, OH
		Improvement in combined planing and matching machines	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
174,212	Feb. 29, 1876	Improvement in devices for carving wood	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH	Inventor was president of J. A. Fay & Co.
175,054	Mar. 21, 1876	Improvement in machines for tenoning blind-slats	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
175,676	Apr. 04, 1876	Improvement in planing-machines	George W. Bugbee	Cincinnati, OH
		Improvement in planing-machines	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
178,422	Jun. 06, 1876	Improvement in devices for carving machines	John R. Thomas	Cincinnati, OH	Improvement to patent 174,212.
		Improvement in devices for carving machines	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
183,030	Oct. 10, 1876	Improvement in machines for forming dovetail-joints in wood-working	Charles Stengel	Hamilton, OH
185,364	Dec. 12, 1876	Improvement in planing-machines	John R. Thomas	Cincinnati, OH
194,225	Aug. 14, 1877	Improvement in bandsaw mills	George W. Bugbee	Cincinnati, OH
		Improvement in bandsaw mills	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
195,672	Sep. 25, 1877	Improvement in pulleys for machine-belts	Anton Streit	Cincinnati, OH
198,077	Dec. 11, 1877	Improvement in Saw sets	George Bugbee	Cincinnati, OH
199,117	Jan. 08, 1878	Improvement in dovetailing-machines	Charles Stengel	Hamilton, OH
201,506	Mar. 19, 1878	Machine for boring & mortising blind-stiles	George W. Bugbee	Cincinnati, OH	Click on the "Old Woodworking Machines" link to see a bigger picture of a surviving example.
		Machine for boring & mortising blind-stiles	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
201,498	Mar. 19, 1878	Bandsaw blade guide	Francis Clark	Springfield, MO
RE8,297	Jun. 25, 1878	Improvement in wood-planing machines	John Richards	Philadelphia, PA
206,545	Jul. 30, 1878	Improvement in wood-planing machines	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH	Invention is a planer with a vertically-adjustable table where the frame is cast in a single piece. This patent date was reported on a J. A. Fay & Co. 20 inch planer.
206,570	Jul. 30, 1878	Improvement in molding and carving machines	Chauncey F. H. Huff	Covington, KY
207,743	Sep. 03, 1878	Improvement in bits for carving machines	Chauncey F. H. Huff	Covington, KY
RE8,438	Oct. 01, 1878	Planer	Henry J. Colburn	Fitchburg, MA	Assignee William H. Doane was the president of J. A. Fay & Co. As yet we have no direct evidence that that firm ever used the patent although in the 1883 lawsuit Fay v. Preble, Fay unsuccessfully sued for infringement of this patent.
		Planer	James Goodrich	Fitchburg, MA
210,761	Dec. 10, 1878	Improvement in universal wood-workers	George W. Bugbee	Cincinnati, OH	This patent, patent 210,762, and patent 210,763 were from a single application that was split into three patents.
		Improvement in universal wood-workers	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
210,762	Dec. 10, 1878	Improvement in universal wood-workers	George W. Bugbee	Cincinnati, OH	This patent, patent 210,761, and patent 210,763 were from a single application that was split into three patents.
		Improvement in universal wood-workers	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
210,763	Dec. 10, 1878	Improvement in universal wood-workers	George W. Bugbee	Cincinnati, OH	This patent, patent 210,761, and patent 210,762 were from a single application that was split into three patents.
		Improvement in universal wood-workers	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
211,531	Jan. 21, 1879	Improvement in dovetailing-machines	Charles Stengel	Hamilton, OH
213,180	Mar. 11, 1879	Planer-matcher	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
214,062	Apr. 08, 1879	Endless-bed planer	Henry V. Streit	Cincinnati, OH
219,651	Sep. 16, 1879	Planer-matcher convertible to planer	George W. Passel	Cincinnati, OH
		Planer-matcher convertible to planer	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
225,355	Mar. 09, 1880	Spoke-throating machines	George W. Bugbee	Cincinnati, OH
		Spoke-throating machines	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
227,223	May. 04, 1880	Variety wood-worker	George W. Bugbee	Cincinnati, OH	The innovation is to allow both jointer tables to be adjusted either separately or together. Presumably this capability is used when performing mitering, tenoning or panel-raisingâ€”uses for the "Variety Wood-worker" that are no longer performed on modern-day jointers.
		Variety wood-worker	George W. Passel	Cincinnati, OH
		Variety wood-worker	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
228,046	May. 25, 1880	Sectional shaft for woodworking machines	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH	Improvement on patent 210,761.
232,365	Sep. 21, 1880	Friezing-machine	George W. Passell	Cincinnati, OH
237,833	Feb. 15, 1881	Pulley	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
RE9,574	Feb. 15, 1881	Planing-machine	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH	This reissue was to disclaim anything covered by the Goodrich and Colburn patent 111,632, which was used by Rollstone Machine Works.
238,095	Feb. 22, 1881	Sandpapering machine	George W. Bugbee	Cincinnati, OH	Not explicitly assigned, but Doane was the president of J. A. Fay & Co., and Bugbee was an employee. Invention is for a dual drum sander.
		Sandpapering machine	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
238,366	Mar. 01, 1881	Grinding machine	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH	Invention is a grinder for sharpening planer knives. Inventor was president of J. A. Fay & Co.
244,335	Jul. 12, 1881	Circular sawing machine	Daniel O. Strifler	St. Louis, MO	This patent was bought or licensed by J. A. Fay & Co. The design was improved in patent 303,923 by William H. Doane, who was the president of J. A. Fay & Co. The improved design was then improved again in patent 319,395. The connection to Hall & Brown is somewhat speculative. Charles S. Brown is a witness, and he was also vice-president of Hall & Brown. A 1914 catalog Hall & Brown shows an "Improved cabinet double cut-off saw" that appears to be descended from this patent's design.
248,412	Oct. 18, 1881	Tenoning machine	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH	Inventor was president of J. A. Fay & Co.
249,026	Nov. 01, 1881	Wheelwright's machine	George W. Bugbee	Cincinnati, OH
		Wheelwright's machine	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
258,031	May. 16, 1882	Spoke-throating machine	George W. Bugbee	Cincinnati, OH	Improvement on patent 225,355.
		Spoke-throating machine	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
D12,949	May. 23, 1882	Design for a tenoning machine	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
258,852	May. 30, 1882	Spoke tenoning and chamfering machine	George W. Bugbee	Cincinnati, OH	Not explicitly assigned, but Doane was the president of J. A. Fay & Co., and Bugbee was an employee.
		Spoke tenoning and chamfering machine	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
259,000	Jun. 06, 1882	Mortising machine	George W. Bugbee	Cincinnati, OH
		Mortising machine	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
272,220	Feb. 13, 1883	Machine table	George W. Bugbee	Cincinnati, OH	Doane was president of J. A. Fay & Co., and Bugbee was an employee. Invention is for a bandsaw table that can be used both for hand-feeding operations and power feeding.
		Machine table	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
273,970	Mar. 13, 1883	Sand-paper machine	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH	Inventor was president of J. A. Fay & Co.
276,009	Apr. 17, 1883	Spoke tenoning and throating machine	George Warren Bugbee	Cincinnati, OH
		Spoke tenoning and throating machine	William Howard Doane	Cincinnati, OH
285,586	Sep. 25, 1883	Carriage-support for tenoning machines	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH	Inventor was president of J. A. Fay & Co.
285,587	Sep. 25, 1883	Machine for planing wheel-fellies	George W. Bugbee	Cincinnati, OH	Doane was president of J. A. Fay & Co., and Bugbee was an employee.
		Machine for planing wheel-fellies	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
295,236	Mar. 18, 1884	Boring attachment for mortising machines	George W. Bugbee	Cincinnati, OH	Doane was president of J. A. Fay & Co., and Bugbee was an employee.
		Boring attachment for mortising machines	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
302,363	Jul. 22, 1884	Tenoning and cross-gaining machine	John R. Thomas	Springfield, OH
303,923	Aug. 19, 1884	Circular sawing machine	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH	This patent is an improvement on patent 244,335, granted to Daniel O. Strifler. This improved design was featured in an article, complete with engraving, in the October 1885 issue of Manufacturer & Builder. The machine was billed as the "New Strifler's Double cut-off saw". The design was subsequently improved again in patent 319,395.
306,325	Oct. 07, 1884	Planer pressure-roll	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH	Doane was president of J. A. Fay & Co.
311,421	Jan. 27, 1885	Circular sawing machine	George W. Bugbee	Cincinnati, OH	Doane was president of J. A. Fay & Co., and Bugbee was an employee.
		Circular sawing machine	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
319,395	Jun. 02, 1885	Circular sawing machine	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH	This is an improvement to "Strifler's Double Cut-off Saw" of patents 244,335 and 309,923.
321,423	Jul. 07, 1885	Lathe for turning irregular forms	George W. Bugbee	Cincinnati, OH
		Lathe for turning irregular forms	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
328,391	Oct. 13, 1885	Centering device for tenoning and other machines	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
335,994	Feb. 09, 1886	Planer-matcher	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
337,487	Mar. 09, 1886	Cutter-head	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
340,909	Apr. 27, 1886	Spoke-throating machine	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH	Doane was the president of J. A. Fay & Co.
347,254	Aug. 10, 1886	Presser attachment for planing-machines	George W. Passel	Cincinnati, OH
350,190	Oct. 05, 1886	Duplex planer-matcher	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
352,307	Nov. 09, 1886	Planing machine	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH	Doane was the president of J. A. Fay & Co.
365,507	Jun. 28, 1887	Duplex planing machine	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH	Doane was the president of J. A. Fay & Co. Patent is an improvement on designs such as in his previous patent 335,994.
387,949	Aug. 14, 1888	Tenoning-machine	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
391,231	Oct. 16, 1888	Blind-slat tenoning machine	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH	Doane was the president of J. A. Fay & Co.
391,589	Oct. 23, 1888	Variety Wood-worker	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH	Doane was president of J. A. Fay & Co. This invention is an improvement on patent 227,223.
392,591	Nov. 13, 1888	Wood-worker	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH	Doane was president of J. A. Fay & Co. This invention is for a cutterhead that can be adjusted laterally.
397,113	Feb. 05, 1889	Wood-worker	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH	Doane was president of J. A. Fay & Co. This invention is for a more rigid mounting of a jointer cutterhead.
401,299	Apr. 09, 1889	Pressure-bar for planing-machines	George W. Passel	Cincinnati, OH	The patent is not explicitly assigned by inventor Passel was a long-time employee of J. A. Fay & Co.
403,368	May. 14, 1889	Wood-worker	George W. Passel	Cincinnati, OH
417,238	Dec. 17, 1889	Endless-bed surface-planing machine	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH	Doane was president of J. A. Fay & Co.
457,368	Aug. 11, 1891	Mortising machine	George W. Passel	Cincinnati, OH
		Mortising machine	John Sofge	Cincinnati, OH
463,577	Nov. 17, 1891	Planer-matcher	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH
477,928	Jun. 28, 1892	Planing machine	William H. Doane	Cincinnati, OH	Doane was president of J. A. Fay & Co. Invention is mechanism to adjust infeed rollers, the upper planer-head, the pressure bar for the lower head, and the outfeed rollers, either together or separately.
771,064	Sep. 27, 1904	Band-saw mill	Louis J. Hanhart	Cincinnati, OH
878,911	Feb. 11, 1908	Hand planing-machine	John R. Thomas	Cincinnati, OH	"It is the object of my invention to provide means whereby the tables may be separated while maintained in their respectively adjusted horizontal planes with relation to the horizontal plane of the axis of the cutter-head for providing a wide gap at the cutter-head to permit attention to the cutter-head and the knives thereon, for instance for the purpose of changing the knives, or fastening or sharpening the knives, the means being so constructed that assurance may be had that the tables be brought back definitely to original position after such attention has been given the knives, rather, to provide means whereby this initial position may be regulated for forming a wider or narrower normal gap between the tables at the cutter-head, further, to provide means whereby the respective tables may be adjusted to height at the various normal location in which that tables may be set as aforesaid; and further, to provide novel means whereby the front table may be set at an angle crosswise..." An example is reported carrying only the "M. B. Tidey" name. Presumably Tidey was reselling a Fay & Egan machine.